Claudia Wissmueller:  

Mark and I met at a free concert in Ann Arbor in August, 1970, and headed out to San Francisco shortly after. It was a great time to be there and living near the Haight-Ashbury district. Mark worked at a restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf, and I worked at the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. We walked, took the trolley cars, and rode our bikes everywhere, including over the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito, where we once saw Crosby and Stills, and then rode our bikes all the way up to the top of Mt. Tamalpais, which has a breath-taking view of the mountains and the ocean. There were so many great concerts we went to... Allman Brothers, Cat Stevens, Jethro Tull, Neal Young, Frank Zappa, Hot Tuna, and even a free concert with Country Joe and the Fish. Jefferson Airplane's house was down the road toward the ocean. We were married there 39 years ago, lived there for about a year and a half, then came back to Michigan after a 10 week adventure backpacking around Europe, and expecting our first baby. That was the first of our 3 sons. We have lived...Expand for more